Coyote's rocket blasts him through the center of the Earth to China, which is portrayed with abstract Oriental backgrounds. In the last scene of ' War & Pieces', Wile E. The crescent shapes used for bushes starting with 'Zoom & Bored' were retained, and also applied to clouds. ' Hopalong Casualty' changed the color scheme, with the sky reverting to blue, and some rocks becoming off-white, while the bright yellow desert sand color is retained, along with the 'sharp' style of rock formations pioneered by 'Zoom & Bored'. Except for ' Whoa, Be-Gone!', whose scenery design harked back to ' Guided Muscle' in certain aspects (such as off-white sky), this style of scenery was retained as far as ' Fastest with the Mostest'. Sharp, top-heavy rock formations became more prominent, and warm colors (yellow, orange, and red) were favored. ' Zoom and Bored' introduced a major change in background style. A bright yellow sky made its debut in the 1956 cartoon ' Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z', but was not used consistently until ' There They Go-Go-Go!' was released later that same year.

Gravity-defying rock formations appear in ' Ready. In most later cartoons, the scenery was designed by Maurice Noble, who made it far more abstract.įrom 1951 to 1954, the scenery was semi-realistic, with off-white skies (possibly implying overcast/cloudy weather conditions). The desert scenery in the first two Road Runner cartoons was designed by Robert Gribbroek and was quite realistic.

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